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Ben loved getting back and head scratches, reminding me so much of Jax. Jax would lay the same way Ben is now, and we’d talk all night while I scratched his head and back. There were quite a few ways that Ben was like his father. The older he got, the more personality traits he seemed to take on from Jax without even meeting him.
His stubbornness.
Attentiveness.
The ability to have me wrapped around his finger with a simple smile.
Not to mention, he was already showing characteristics of becoming an amazing athlete. I wasn’t exaggerating by any means. My dad was determined to make him the next G.O.A.T. in the football league.
After he was sprawled out on my lap, I began his bedtime story.
“Once upon a time, there was this young girl who moved to Fort Worth to live with her mom in the home where she was the housekeeper.”
He giggled. “Mom … that sounds like you and Grammy.”
“You’re too smart for your own good.” I kissed the top of his head. “She lived in the guesthouse of their estate, and from the moment she laid eyes on the son who lived there too, she fell madly in love with him.”
“What was his name?”
“His name was Jax.”
“Hey! That’s my middle name.”
“Mmm-hmm…”
“What happened next?”
“Well, one night she was hanging out in their library, reading The Great Gatsby, and all of a sudden she heard his deep voice ask if she wanted to watch a movie with him. Of course, the girl was shocked because she had the biggest crush on him, and he was suddenly asking her if she wanted to hang out.”
“Did she?”
“They were going to, but as they were making the popcorn the girl’s mom interrupted them, so they didn’t get to hang out for very long.”
“Did the mom not want them to hang out?”
“The mom was super overprotective of her daughter.”
“Like you are with me?”
“Exactly like I am with you.”
“Whoa. That’s a lot.”
I chuckled. “It is.”
“Then what happened?”
“They didn’t see each other for a few weeks.”
“Why?”
“He was busy with football.”
“Football?” That made him sit up to look at me with wide eyes. “He played football like me?”
“He was the best.”
“Like the greatest?”
